Overview
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accused India of resorting to covert tactics and proxy groups to destabilise Pakistan during a passing-out parade at the Pakistan Naval Academy on Saturday.
- He praised the Pakistan Navy’s role in operations named Marka-e-Haq and Bunyanum Marsoos and pledged to modernise the service with technologies such as artificial intelligence and unmanned systems.
- Shehbaz said Pakistan’s mediation helped secure the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran, a deal signed in Burgenstock in mid-June that Islamabad presents as a diplomatic success.
- The prime minister reiterated that Pakistan’s armed forces are confronting foreign-sponsored terrorism from the country’s western border and called for continued national unity behind counterterrorism efforts.
- The commissioning ceremony for 125 midshipmen and short-service officers included trainees from friendly countries and awards for top cadets, a display used to project military professionalism and international defence ties.